Stratified computed tomography findings improve diagnostic accuracy for appendicitis
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Can clinical scoring systems improve the diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected adult appendicitis and equivocal preoperative computed tomography findings?
OBJECTIVE Adult appendicitis (AA) with equivocal computed tomography (CT) findings remains a diagnostic challenge for physicians. Herein we evaluated the diagnostic performance of several clinical scoring systems in adult patients with suspected appendicitis and equivocal CT findings. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 189 adult patients with equivocal CT findings. Alvarado, Eskelinen, appe...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13942